El Dorado Monday Memo
April 27th, 2020
#ToroFamily
Happy Monday everyone! It is Monday right? I don't know about you all but this weekend actually felt like a real weekend. Not sure why but I'll take it. Getting out and enjoying the warm weather was a nice reprieve. I hope you all are taking time to care for yourselves during this and carving out some personal time.
I have sent out our HW for the week via Google Classroom. I changed up the form a bit as we talked about in our staff meeting last week. Thank you all for your input in our conversations around students who are not engaging. Please take a look at your grade level lists here. If there is a student on it who you have connected with please make a note of that in the Efforts to Connect column. As we all continue to reach out to students, this list should get shorter and shorter.
Attached here is the most recent Distance Learning update from the district. Please review as there are a few key updates around Extended School Year/Summer School as well as SPED. Tentative assignments will be emailed out to you on Thursday after our staff meeting. Please remember these are tentative, nothing is set.
Lastly, in some resemblance of normalcy, ASP is asking us for their annual teacher survey to be completed in order to secure their funding for our students. Please click here to access the very brief survey. Thanks!
Key reminders from the MOU: (Re-post)
- Staff expected to check emails at least twice a day, Virtual office hours no less than one hour a day.
- 6th-8th Grade - 2.5 hours per week per content area
- 3rd quarter ended officially March 13th 2020, grades can be enhanced until April 30th. Revised grades due by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, May 8th.
- Students will be held harmless for 3rd quarter/2nd semester. Can not receive a lesser grade than when closure began.
- We will do progress reports for all students in danger of earning a No Credit mark.
- MDEA members get $75 to support increased internet access costs
- IEP’s will be done by teleconference
- Evaluations must be completed by May 4th or they will roll onto next year.
MDUSD Distance Learning Expectations
Updates for the Week...[Re-Post]
I will be on campus on Monday, April 27th from 11 - 1:00 pm handing out Chromebooks to students if you need anything. Please let me know if you are stopping by, all visits should be less than 15 minutes.
- 2020-2021 Scheduling - Gemma is working on the master schedule for next year. We are going to be pushing out the elective slidedeck to students this week and opening up the window for them to choose their electives.
- Tentative Assignments have now been pushed back to April 30th.
- All teachers are to begin inputting scores from assignments into Homelink. It is recommended to keep the scores at 0%, but important to have data on work completion/progress. We are officially Credit/No Credit for the 4th quarter.
- Keep up the calling by phone to students. It works! 3-5 calls a day, keep connecting with our Toro Families.
- EOY: we are working out the details for End of the Year procedures including something for our 8th graders (don't tell).
Please don't hesitate to call, text or email as needed if you have any questions or concerns. I got to jump on some Zoom calls last week and it was AMAZING getting to see our kids. Thank you all for everything you are doing.
Stay safe, stay inside, stay well,
Chris
Counselors Corner
Please share the info below with your students based on grade level. We hope to see more students join us this week.
6th Grade Wellness Wednesday: 1:00-1:30
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/91959311776?pwd=VG9NQzFPaHZXY01nZC82bjh1SU15UT09
Meeting ID: 919 5931 1776
Password: 8jxg5t
7th and 8th Grade Wednesday: 1:30-2:00
https://zoom.us/j/94037565076?pwd=aVptdjBxa21pK2dZY0xGTWFDVGN2Zz09
Meeting ID: 940 3756 5076
Password: 5bqFKF
Meetings
EDLT we will be meeting on Tuesday at 11:00am
Coordinated Care Team will meet on Friday at 11:00am.
Learning Together
Events, Updates, Links, Etc
Schools Closed: March 16th-May 1st
Office/Admin/Counselor Meeting Monday 4/27 3:00 pm
EDLT Meeting via Zoom Tues 4/28 11:00 am [Click Here]
Staff Meeting Via Zoom Thur 4/30 10:00 am [Click here]
Coordinated Care Team Meeting Fri 5/1 11:00 am
What we are working on...
Feeding Students
Chromebook Checkout
Online/Remote Learning Resources
What I'm Reading/Listening to
In Search of Deeper Learning
Rigorous PBL
Links to Resources
Teacher Google Classroom Code Sheet
El Dorado Middle School
Chris Clausen
@chrisclausen
@edmsinfo
Email: clausenc@mdusd.org
Website: edms.mdusd.org
Location: 1750 West Street, Concord, CA, United States
Phone: 925.682.5700
Twitter: @edmstoros